| Chicago Public Schools and the U.S. Government. Because the teacher shortage in Chicago is so extreme, the Government allows the school district to temporarily hire foreign teaching candidates using H1-B visas. The Government grants these visas only to skilled foreign-born citizens so they can work in highly specialized jobs that can’t be filled with available U.S. workforce.
Through the GEO, the school district has hired dozens of teachers from 22 different countries. Applicants must pass an English language test and specialize in math, science, world language or bilingual (双语的) education. Hannon and the first GEO teachers started in the classroom at the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year.
What do the GEO teachers think of the American classroom? Hannon, who was hired to teach math at Gage Park High School, says classrooms in Chicago are very different from those in Palestine. For one thing, he says, the fixed schedule that forces students to attend the same classes at the same time each day becomes too dull. In Palestine, the class schedule changes each week. He says in Palestine, the culture forces students to work hard because if they don’t they’ll be kicked out and put in vocational schools, which limits their career options. There is not nearly as much pressure for American students to do well. He says he has to do double the amount of work just to get his students interested.
36． Chicago Public Schools began to employ foreign teachers because .
A．there were not enough American teachers
B．a program for foreign teachers was started
C．the school board was interested in foreign teachers
D．foreign teachers taught better than American teachers
37．The American Government is involved in the program because .
A．the schools are public schools
B．the Government is to finance the program
C．the Government grants visas to the foreign teachers
D．the program involves bilingual education
38．It seems that the Global Educator Outreach will .
A．be difficult to continue
B．last a limited period of time
C．pose a threat to U.S. workforce
D．be extended to other cities
39．Chicago Public Schools do not seem to lack teachers of .
A．English B．math C．science D．world language
40．Hannon, as a GEO teacher, has found that .
A．class schedules in America and Palestine are very much the same
B．fixed class schedules make it easy for teachers to prepare lessons |
